Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors (2016)

Appendix C

Presentations and Visits

WASHINGTON, DC, OCTOBER 23–24, 2014

• History, Organization, and Goals of Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) Conversion Program; Christopher Landers, Sr., Reactor Conversion Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)/GTRI; Jeffrey Chamberlin, Director, GTRI Office of European and African Threat Reduction
• GTRI Reactor Conversion Program Scope and Status; Jordi Roglans-Ribas, Director of the Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, and GTRI Program Manager
• Regulatory Steps for Conversion of Reactors; Alexander Adams, Chief of Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Main Challenges Facing Research Reactors; Pablo Adelfang, Research Reactor Section, International Atomic Energy Agency
• Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Use in Russia; Pavel Podvig, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University; Member, International Panel on Fissile Materials
• Challenges of High Performance Research Reactor Conversions; John Stevens, Manager of Research and Test Reactor Department, Argonne National Laboratory
• Conversion Analyses for the MITR-II Reactor; Thomas Newton, Director of Reactor Operations and Associate Director, Reactor Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

VIA CONFERENCE CALL, DECEMBER 3, 2014

• GTRI Removal Program Overview; Sarah Dickerson, Acting Associate Assistant Deputy Administrator for Global Threat Reduction
• Acceptance and Disposition of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Spent Nuclear Fuel; Hitesh Nigam, Senior Environmental Engineer, Office of Nuclear Materials Disposition, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management

IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, AND IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY, FEBRUARY 26–27, 2015

• Irradiation Performance of U–Mo Alloy Based “Monolithic” Fuel, Including Past Fuel Decisions, Updates on RERTR-12 and AFIP-6, -6 II, and -7 Results; Mitchell (Mitch) Meyer, Fuel Development National Technical Lead, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
• Fabrication Process Selection Through the MP-1 Irradiation Test; Irina Glagolenko, Principal Investigator, Fuel Development Irradiation Experiment, INL
• Plan for Research Reactor Fuel Qualification Including Base Fuel Qualification Plan and Requirements; Barry Rabin, Fuel Development National Technical Lead Deputy, INL
• Overview of the Fuel Fabrication Capability and U-Mo Fabrication Process; Douglas Burkes, Fuel Fabrication Capability Pillar Lead, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
• Research and Development Approach for Fuel Fabrication: Challenges and Concerns; Douglas Burkes, PNNL
• NNSA/NA-23 Fuel Development Program Technical Review Committee; Richard Hobbins, Independent Consultant

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, APRIL 16–17, 2015

• Material Management and Minimization’s (M³’s) International Fuel Development Collaborations Including HERACLES; Abdellatif Yacout, M³ European Fuel Development Technical Lead, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• NNSA’s Russian Reactor Conversion Program: Historical Overview, Major Accomplishments, Current Status; Jordi RoglansRibas, Director of the Nuclear Engineering Division, Material Management and Minimization (M³) Program Manager, ANL
• Risk-Based Management of Programs and Projects with Technical Uncertainties; Dave Maloney, Emeritus Technology Fellow, CH2MHill

• Discussion and Briefings on the Conversion of MURR Fuel; Ralph Butler, Executive Director of the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) Center
• Highlights of Findings and Recommendations from the Independent Strategic Review of the M³ Program; John Marra, Savannah River National Laboratory, Co-chair of M³’s Independent Strategic Review
• High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) Fuel Development Effort; Michael Itamura, Acting Technical Lead for Fuel Fabrication Capability Pillar, M³ Office, Sandia National Laboratories/National Nuclear Security Administration
• Critical Success Factors for Managing High Risk Programs; William Madia, Stanford University, Co-chair of M³’s Independent Strategic Review

OTWOCK-ŚWIERK, POLAND, MAY 5, 2015

• National Centre for Nuclear Research (in Polish, NCBJ); Grzegorz Wrochna, Director of NCBJ
• History of MARIA conversion; Marek Migdal, Neutronic Calculations Specialist, NCBJ

GARCHING, GERMANY, MAY 7, 2015

• The Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-II reactor (FRM-II) Technische Universität München (TUM): Neutrons for Research, Industry and Medicine; Winfried Petry, Scientific Director, FRM-II
• Conversion Studies of Reactor Core FRM-II; Anton Röhrmoser and Harald Breitkreutz, FRM-II
• UMo Powder Production Process and Results; Rupert Schauer, FRM-II
• Simulating In-Pile Radiation by Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation; Hsin-Yin Chiang, FRM-II
• Materials Selection; Hsin-Yin Chiang, FRM-II
• KP Implantation into Iodine Irradiated Monolithic U-Mo/Al Systems; Tobias Zweifel, FRM-II
• Thermal Properties of Fresh and Spent U-Mo Fuels: An Overview; Tanja Huber, FRM-II
• Manufacturing of Monolithic LEU Targets for Mo-99 Production; Tobias Hollmer, FRM-II
• International Cooperation: TUM, HERACLES and U.S. DOE; Harald Breitkreutz, FRM-II

MOL, BELGIUM, MAY 8, 2015

• The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre: A Pioneer in Nuclear Research; Eric van Walle, Director-General, Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie· Centre d’Etudes Nucléaire (SCK·CEN)
• LEU UMo Dispersion Fuel: Past, Present, and Future—the Path to Fuel Qualification and Conversion; Sven Van den Berghe, Head of the Expert Group on Microstructural and Non-destructive Analysis, SCK·CEN
• BR2 Introduction and Conversion; Geert Van den Branden, SCK·CEN

PETTEN, THE NETHERLANDS, MAY 11, 2015

• NRG [Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group] Welcome; Niels Unger, NRG Managing Director
• Ten Years of LEU Fuel Use at the High Flux Reactor; Frodo Klaassen, HFR Fuel Management

GRENOBLE, FRANCE, MAY 12, 2015

• U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee Visit to ILL; W. G. Stirling, Director, ILL
• ILL TOUTATIS Project (RHF Conversion); Yoann Calzavara, ILL
• HERACLES: Highly Enriched European Reactors Action for Their Conversion in a Low Enriched Solution; Yoann Calzavara, ILL
• PERSEUS; Yoann Calzavara, ILL

PARIS, FRANCE, MAY 13, 2015

• AREVA/CERCA Overview; Dominique Geslin, Director, Marketing & Sales, Research Reactor Fuel (CERCA)
• High Enriched Uranium Minimization in France; Pierre-Yves Thro, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA)

WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 21, 2015

• Uranium Supply and Demand; Parrish Staples, Director, Domestic Uranium Enrichment Program, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• Question and Answer Session with M³; Chris Landers, M³ Conversion Program Manager, NNSA

• Babcock & Wilcox Cost and Yield Review, NAS; Gunes Argon, Project Manager—Research Test Reactors, newly renamed Babcock and Wilcox Technologies (BWXT)

GAITHERSBURG, MD, MAY 22, 2015

• Welcome and Introduction of the NCNR as a National User Facility; Rob Dimeo, Director, NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)
• Status and Planning for the NIST Reactor Conversion; Bob Williams, NCNR
• Panel Discussion with NCNR Representatives

OAK RIDGE, TN, JUNE 24–26, 2015

• Review of Research Reactor Fuel Development at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI); Jong-Man Park, Project Manager of Plate-Type Research Reactor Fuel Development and Advanced High Performance Research Reactor Fuel Development Projects, KAERI
• Objectives and Constraints for Research Reactor Conversion Design: Assessing Alternatives; John Stevens, International Reactor Conversion Technical Lead and Manager of Research and Test Reactor Department, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• Examples of Research Reactor Conversion Assessment of Alternatives; Benoit Dionne, Section Manager, Conversion Analysis and Methods, ANL
• Progress Toward Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Fuel Conversion of the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR); David Renfro, HFIR LEU Fuel Conversion Project Manager, Research Reactors Division, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• The Fuel Fabrication Capability (FFC) Pillar in FY16 and Beyond: Applied Engineering & Demonstration; Jared Wight, FFC Technical Pillar Lead, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Current Status of and Progress Toward Eliminating Highly Enriched Uranium Use in Fuel for Civilian Research and Test Reactors; Hollie Longmire, Program Manager for LEU Applications, Y12 National Security Complex
• Overview of Neutron Sources; Paul Langan, Associate Laboratory Director
• Important Missions Beyond Neutron Scattering at HFIR; Chris Bryan

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, JULY 13–14, 2015

• Meeting with representatives of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS): V. Fortov, B. Myasoedov, Y. Shiyan, V. Ivanov, S. Yudintsev, B. Zhuikov, and A. Diakov from the Center for Arms Control, Moscow
  • — Discussion topics: HEU Minimization Within Research and Test Reactors (general discussion) and HEU Minimization Within Medical Isotope Production (general discussion)
  • — Production of Medical Radionuclides in Russia and Prospective Isotope Program in Institute for Nuclear Research, MoscowTroitsk, Boris Zhiukov
  • — Meeting at the RAS with President Fortov
• HEU Minimization Efforts Within Rosatom; Nikolay Arkhangelsky, Director of Research Reactors, Rosatom
• Russian Priorities in Civilian Nuclear Matters; Anton Khlopkov, Director of the Center for Energy and Security Studies

DIMITROVGRAD, RUSSIA, JULY 16–17, 2015

• Strategic Planning for Research Reactors of State Scientific Centre “Research Institute of Atomic Reactors”; Alexey Izhutov, Deputy Director of RIAR, and Alexander Tuzov, Director of RIAR
• A Comprehensive Analysis of the Technical Feasibility of the MIR. M1 Research Reactor Conversion to Low Enriched Uranium Fuel; S. Mainskov, RIAR
• Development of Low Enriched Uranium Targets for ⁹⁹Mo Production; V. Starkov, RIAR
• JCS SCC RIAR Radionuclide Production Capabilities for Nuclear Medicine; Rostislav Kuznetsov, Director of Radioisotopes and ⁹⁹Mo production, RIAR

VIENNA, AUSTRIA, JULY 27–29, 2015

• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Research Reactor Data Base (RRDB) Information on HEU Research Reactors and Critical Facilities; M. Voronov, F. Marshall, D. Ridikas, IAEA
• Status of U.S. HEU Facilities and DOE/NNSA Conversion Activities; Jeff Chamberlin, Director, Office of Conversion, and Brian Waud, M³ Reactor Conversion Program, USA
• Status of Russian HEU Facilities; Nikolay Arkhangelsky, Director of Research Reactors, Rosatom

• Status of French HEU Facilities; Pierre-Yves Thro, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), France
• Status of UK HEU Facilities; Richard Hardiman, Head of Programme, Global Threat Reduction Programme, UK
• Civilian Reactor Facilities That Operate Using HEU Fuel; James (Jim) Matos, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

SITE VISITS

• February 26, 2015: Visit to ATR, ATR-C, and TREAT, Idaho National Laboratory
• April 16, 2015: Visit to University of Missouri Research Reactor
• May 5–13, 2015: Visits to
  • — MARIA reactor, Otwock-Świerk, Poland
  • — Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Reactor (FRM-II), Garching, Germany
  • — Belgium Reactor-2 (BR2), Mol, Belgium
  • — High Flux Reactor (HFR), Petten, Netherlands
  • — Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), Grenoble, France
• May 20, 2015: Visit to BWXT, Lynchburg, VA, USA
• May 22, 2015: Visit to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
• June 25, 2015: Visits to High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Spallation Neutron Source, and Y-12 Fuel Fabrication Facility, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
• July 16–17, 2015: Visit to Joint Stock Company “State Scientific Center—Research Institute of Atomic Reactors”( JSC “SSC RIAR” or simply “RIAR”), Dimitrovgrad, Russia

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